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Easyphysics: Chapter 14 Basic Circuit

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners investigate circuits. Some topics examined are a series circuit, parallel circuit, and Joule?s law. The resource includes practice problems with solutions and a chapter quiz.
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Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Notes on Coil Magnet Orientation and Rotation

For Students 9th - 10th
An electrical generator is in essence a very simple device - magnets rotating within a coil of wire. To get a generator to work properly, one needs to make sure the coil and magnet orientation and rotation are correctly aligned. These...
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SRI International

Performance Assessment Links in Science: Mystery Card 3

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Straightforward introduction to electrical circuits using minimal materials and time. Students learn about the basics of electrical circuits by experimenting with "mystery cards" -- index cards with hidden aluminum foil used to conduct...
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Joseph John Thomson

For Students 9th - 10th
Joseph John Thomson, better known as J. J. Thomson, was a British physicist who first theorized and offered experimental evidence that the atom was a divisible entity rather than the basic unit of matter, as was widely believed at the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Efficient Housing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
We all know that it takes energy to provide us with the basics of shelter: heating, cooling, lighting, electricity, sanitation and cooking. To create energy-efficient housing that is practical for people to use every day requires...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Electrostatics

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, interactive activities, practice problems, and virtual simulations, students learn about the basic properties of electricity in this unit.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Wind Generator

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using a voltage sensor, students will measure how much "electricity" is produced by the wind turbine that they design and build. Students will experiment with blade designs to see which one collects energy from the wind the most...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Introduction to Circuits and Ohm's Law

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will explore the basics of dc circuits analyzing the light from light bulbs when connected in series and parallel circuits. Ohm's Law and the equation for power dissipated by a circuit will be the primary equations used. Using...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mri Safety Grand Challenge

For Teachers 11th - 12th
This module was written for a first year accelerated or AP physics class. It is intended to provide hands on activities to teach end of the year electricity and magnetism topics including the magnetic force, magnetic moments and torque,...
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Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Plasma

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can learn all about plasma. Explore what plasma is, its basic characteristics, and how plasma is created.
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McREL International

Mc Rel: Whelmer #31 Activity: Static Charged 2x4s

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A simple activity that investigates the basic principles behind static electricity. The activity is in lesson plan format that meets NSES standards.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Simple Circuitry and Series Circuit

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A teacher lesson plan which could be easily converted into an idea for a student project or presentation. This page describes an activity in which the basic nature of a circuit and the concepts of a series circuit are investigated....
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Affairs of the Heart: Mirrored Movements

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Model endoscopic surgery by constructing and operating a tool that extends a person's grasping ability, explore dexterity skills using a basic electric circuit and then design and create an improved remote tool.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Hands on Activity: Designing a Thermostat

For Teachers 9th - 10th
By building a basic thermostat, students will explore basic circuitry and electricity. The thermostat built out of a breadboard, temperature sensor chip, amplifier, and battery creates a linear relationship between temperature of the...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Series and Parallel Circuits

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers information on two basic ways of wiring components in electrical circuits, series and parallel circuits.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Magnet

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia.com provides an excellent introductory site on magnets. Including basic information describing different types of magnets and their characteristics.
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PBS

Pbs: Count on It!: Episode 207 Blossom and Snappy Learn About Utilities

For Students K - 1st Standards
Blossom and Snappy help Robbie prepare for a dinner party. They make a decorative centerpiece out of postage stamps. In order to help Robbie, they decide to pay her bills for her. In doing this, Blossom and Snappy visit and learn about...
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Natural Resources Defense Council: Global Warming Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) offers a section focusing on frequently asked questions about global warming. Learn what causes global warming, if the earth is really getting hotter, whether or not there is cause for...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Lemon "Juice"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
"Juice" is a slang term sometimes used for electricity. Batteries are made up of one or more cells. Cells often consist of two different materials in a solution that are connected to each other by a wire. In this experiment, you will...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Energy Defined Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
Try this quiz about energy basics.
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South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Nasa Online: Circuits

For Students 5th - 8th
Learn the basics of electrical circuits and diagrams.
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Alliant Energy Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
Students can use this resource to research energy facts and play online games and activities. There are also lesson plans and activities for the classroom.
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A to Z Teacher Stuff

A to Z Teacher stuff.com: Fire Safety

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides links to elementary information about fire safety. Find lesson plans, craft ideas, songs, games, poems and more when you explore this resource.
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Control Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from an industrial control course taught at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. The course teaches basic characteristics of feedback control systems, frequency-response analysis, and...

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